police operation

In the explosion which has occurred while armoured vehicles had been passing, two police officers and a soldier have been killed and nine security officers injured. The curfew enters its 22th day in the district.

A police raid was carried out on the houses of eight lawyers from Libertarian Jurists Association who were taken into custody after the search towards this morning. The lawyers were not given any justification, there is a confidentiality order on the case.

Four people have been taken into custody in the police operation launched in connection with bomb attack in Kızılay of Ankara, three others are being searched for.

Probe has been launched into HDP Co-Chair Demirtaş and DBP Co-Chair Yüksek making call for the march to be held against curfews and operations in Sur district of Diyarbakır province.

Crisis desk formed with cooperation of municipalities in Sur districts has started damage assessment and repair works in two neighborhoods, houses in six neighborhoods are totally ruined.

Diyabakır Bar Association has filed a criminal complaint against the authorities in charge exposing the naked dead bodies of two women lying on the street on charges of “disrespect towards the dead, inciting people to hatred, grudge and hostility, defamation and insulting one’s memories”.

HDP Co-Chair Demirtaş has said, “We don’t know how many people have been killed in Cizre over 20 days. There is no exact figure because there isn’t any healthy process there”.

Four soldiers, four police officers, and two state officers have been killed in the attacks launched in Şırnak central, İdil and Cizre districts, and Sur district of Diyarbakır province.

Two funeral vehicles have been sent to Cudi neighbourhood of Cizre where an explosion has occurred within the operations. HDP MP Ferhat Encü noted that they did not have an exact number for the casualties and have not received any news from two neighbourhood for two days.

HDP Şırnak MP Sarıyıldız has declared that tens of people stuck in a building in Cizre have been murdered while security forces have claimed operation was launched and conflict erupted.

Following the attack on a building, fire has broken out which has led to nine persons lose their lives. Still no news have been received yet regarding the injured who had taken shelter and got stuck in the basement of another building in the same district.

Human Rights Foundation of Turkey has announced that at least 79 civilians including 14 children were killed between the dates of December 11, 2015 – January 8, 2016.

Fatma Kılıç wounded during curfew in Dargeçit district has lost her life in the hospital where she was taken for treatment.

Four people killed in Silopi while the father of five, Tetik lost his life in the hospital where he was taken into for treatment.

Two people have been shot to death in Dicle district during the protest marching against curfews.

A mortar shell hitting a house in Sur during the conflict has left a woman dead, another one injured.

The curfew which had been going on for 29 days in Sur district of Diyarbakır with one-day pause, has been lifted in Gazi Street.

5-year-old Hüseyin Selçuk has been shot to death in front of his house in Cizre.

Police have intervened in protests against curfews in Sur, three people have been shot to death.

An attack launched on a house in Dargeçit has left two civilians dead.